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This blog was started by me initially as a random musing-literature blog,but later by the encouragement of my love & friends and inspiration of many wonderful fellow blogger's ,I converted it into a food blog.That explains the "not-so-foodie" blog name and url,I haven't change it after that.I am a home-cook and all the recipes put in here are cooked and tested in my kitchen. I am in a habit of "eyeballing" the quantities. and spice levels may be a bit high too.So please do alter it according to your common sense and taste level..:)Feel free to Email me for any queries..

I made this Crostini some hours back.It was so pretty to see,that I couldn't stop myself taking a whole lot of pics.I dont think any of the pics reveal the real beauty..I dint feel like gobbling it at all..Just wished to keep it in showcase..:D..So please excuse me for the cornucopia of pics here..

I guess it would make a healthy n wholesome breakfast n also a quick-fix snack as well..People will be impressed just seeing the dish n all you have to do is well..nothing..Just grill,rub n arrange..The subtle sweetness of caramelized veggies and slight hint of spices n mild sweetness of tomatoes topped with a mellow cheese ,gives a real treat your taste buds.As Vaishali's Vegan month Italian is going on,I had to use a block of pretty yellow Soy cheese(which I had totally forgotten about) which I shredded myself..Cheddar/Parmesan/Mozarella anything would work just beautiful on this..:)

Its more or less similar to Bruschetta which I have posted a week back..The so easy recipe goes like this:

Just brush your bread slice(usually they use small party bread slices to serve as snacks) with olive oil,and toast it (not make it too hard)

Now rub a cut garlic clove over it and mix and heap your toppings on it.I used a mix of multi-colored bell peppers and slightly sweet grape tomatoes.

Roopa has tagged me to write 25 Random facts about me..I was puzzled n scared initially.25 seems to be such a large number,no?but then later came up with some bla-bla's without much of ponderings..Go through only if u have lotsa time..:)..n I am supposed to tag 25 other ppl..Whoa..I can think of so many people n I am gonna tag you,as its fun to read these stuffs.But no compulsion or complain,do try it when you have time n when you feel like..:)I am not linking anyone,but I hope you all dearies see this as you visit my posts regularly ..Asha, Usha , Yasmeen , Manju , Priya ,Hemakka ,Tina , Veena , AnuDivya , Mathew , Divz , Ann , Anu , Nithya , Vidhas, Vibhas , Viki ,Smitha ,Shama , Sangeeta , Trupti , Malar ,Maya , Vaishali , Raks , Navita n Sanghi..wooohh..am tired..:D

I am a very lazy person,with a strong inertia..If you are puzzled,remember your Physics class.(Inertia is the tendency of an object to continue in its state of rest or motion until forced by an external agency.)... like now I cant stop licking this pudding bowl..

I am pretty emotional n touchy person,who often cry seeing films and end up crying even if I see another person crying..

I am highly volatile,gets hot fast,but cools fast too.

Though not very chocoholic,I can do a murder for Cadbury's fruits n nuts..

I love cooking(obvious) and gets upset if my victims don't scrap-clean the bowl.

I am super-determined n will work hard if I decide to achieve something..

I love snow n rain..Since I was a kid,I used to gaze at the beauty of rain endlessly through my windows..

I am a real romantic..

I used to write a lot during my school college days,have won laurels,but now I dont n miss the feeling of that blissful satisfaction..

I love n miss Kerala n the greens there so much..

I'd love to go all around this world,see places n yeah ..eat a lot..

Love old temples and ,the smell of oil n chandan,beat of Ashtapadi,ring of bells etc there..

I love to read ,read n read..I am the craziest fan of Harry Potter n often sigh that I should have gone to Hogwarts instead of Engineering College..

I am quite particular about my pillow cover..fetish in a broader sense..I find it very difficult sharing my pillow,and change the cover so often..i know..weird..

Love movies too,am selective tho.Again Potter series tops the list.

Music is like inseparable from my life.I always relate stages/happenings of my life to some songs,those which I used to hear at that time.So music brings a lot of Nostalgia.Hey..So I would love to share with you this Gazal of Ghulam Ali.Hear it alone in a calm surrounding and experience the feeling.n you'll thank me..!!

Love nice smells too..Like music,I relate with smells also.Fragrance of new books n plastic reminds me of school days,jasmine of my home,Nike lavender of our first date,lavender of Mauritius n so on..

Gift me a cute earring n I'll be a happy lady..yeah..I fancy them so much..

I love sucking ripe mangoes with my hand(those type of mangoes,ones with big seed),making me all dirty..(we have 15 mango trees at home) ..Miss it now..

I used to collect Kunnimani's(dunno what its in english,small red seeds with a black mole on it) and store it in Horlicks bottle..Its still there..

As a kid,I used to believe that my plucked tooth,if thrown on rooftop will magically become part of moon..(Are you still there??..Actually mom used to tell so..:P)

The most embarrassing moment in my life was during my Btech days.During one of our Electrical labs,when I was to slumber into my chair after a long demo,my lab-mate (I was the only gal of our 5 member group) pulled out the chair,resulting in a heavy thud followed by an loud uproar from 45 people..

Recently I have developed this habit of googl-ing the nutritional values of anything n everything I come across(n smug happily)..Is it a disease??(ithu oru rogamano Doctor??..)

Anu Sriram n Malar passed the cute Circle of Friends award.Malar also passed the Blogging with purpose award ,both of which I am passing on to everyone who regularly visits n encourages me with their comments,including all those I tagged above..:)..Thanks a ton Anu n Malar..:)

congrats on all those awards!! :) u soo deserve them...n thanks for taggin me on the me-me and also for passing on the awards :) im not so good at me-mes..let me give it a shot though :D n those crostinis look ohh soo delicious!!

Thanks for the replies dears..:)Priya..glad that u found my blog nice..:)Divz..thanks da..even i like that pic out of the lot..:)thanks 5 star foodie..:)manju..Happy that u liked the me-me..I am waiting for your version..:)

Hi Varsha, So clourful recipe. Congrats on your awards and thanks for thinking about me. Enjoyed reading. YOu know i used to collect the kundumanai, and now my daughter too. She had in her old schol, daily she will collect that. New profile photo looks so.. cute.

Nice to know more about you. Chupke Chupke is one of my favourites too. As a matter i like all the songs from that movie. Crostinia looks yum. Yum and colorful choice of veggies. Congrats on the awards.

Thats a colourful recipe.. Best wishes to win Click! I love the first and the third photos.. they look inviting! Nice to know more about you... You are so lovely Dear! Congrats on ur award.. you really deserve them.. And about the tag, will try to make it! :)

Wow...let me go one at a time coz there is loads of things on my mind right now

1. I cooked your kerala chicken fry for dinner yesterday even though I had planned to try out the spicy pepper toast. the reason for the sudden change in mood? Blame it on the uncalled rain here..it made me miss kerala so much that I thought I could comfort myself with a succulent piece of kerala chicken fry (its been 6 years since God gave me an opportunity to see his own country and my mother land- that can give u an idea of what a devilish person I am). It came out really well and my poor north indian husband is busy figuring out Y only keralities write food blogs!!! Thanks for the recipe.

2. Gal are you for real?? I thought only I can kill someone for chocolates and relate every single moment of life to a song. I am infamous for singing songs according to the situation. (like if someone says abt the Pink Chaddi controversy I start singing Jungle jungle pata chala hai chaddi pehan ke phool kilahai..)hee

3. I have a fetish for earrings too...got a damn huge collection now!!

4. Planning for Hogwarts? Count me in too...we could go on a twin scholarship...U and me can be transformed into a fine pair of witches!!!!

5. So all in all if I ever had to pick up this tag everything would be more or less the same except for the pillow fetish part instead I am obsessed with cleanliness..hee likes things sparkling thats all!!

6. oops the recipe looks fantastic and I prefer the 2nd pic too..looks like that candle is one of those gobbling smileys...eating up the tomatoes...kach kach kach.

7. Sorry for almost making a blog post on your comment space...chorry in kerala style...simbly free time daaraalam...namal naatu karelle???

Varsha, That's a beautiful-looking crostini with those gorgeous colors. Thanks for sending it in.Also, thanks for tagging me-- I'll try and do it.BTW, your first fact is one I can identify with-- I too think I'm really lazy, probably the laziest person I know :) I'm always looking for an excuse to do nothing.

Hey,Nice to know some facts about u. On the mango eating one, I'm with u. I love to get my hands dirty while eating mangoes :)And wonderful pic. The crostini looks so colorful and it's a great snap. I would recoomend semding the first snap.

Good to know you are all better.Second click is certainly mind boggling,the new camera sure is doing wonders,the colorful peppers look best on crostini.Loved learning more about your bubbly self.Will try to post my me-me soon.fyi I'm also on googling craze,especially for hunting recipes and yes,nutrition facts too.Have a great weekend:)

Girl first of all congrats on all your awards and thanks for passing it on.Crostini looks heavenly,you've become a master in photography by now.I enjoyed reading the 25 things abt u....wow getting to know u more.Thats wonderful.Picture perfect food....i loved the 2nd one.Looking forward to reading more of your culinary endeavors!

hey ..am i too late????your meme is far more colorful than your crostini........at least now i can say that i know you well.....a few things i found similar to me..the sense of music, smell , literature....and about the volatile temperament.......n about being in a state of inertia......okay my meme may get a bit late.....but you can almost get it on my blog homealone....take a look.

first of all Varsha wonderful recipe and wonderful Click..love all colors in Crostini.. Love reading ur me me ..i can find few things similar .. Congratulations on all awards & thank you very much for thinking of me.

oooh Varsha ! Sorry for not posting a comment on this one sooner. Loved the Crostini , I get confused between Bruscetta and Crostini and yes I saw your post on Bruscetta, I think we add more cheese or something? anyways, thanks for participating in the meme event :) it was lots of funreading through it. I am with you on the 17th , 18th and 4th one (I too can kill someone for Fruit n Nuts hehehe ) , I also used to collect something else (not Kunnimani), but colorful Medicine Tablets , to see and imagine and drool that they were Gems (M & M' s of US) ! You too have posted quiet a long post , 27pere tag cheythathum super :) Great job !

About Me

Mee..A happy-go-lucky gal..somewhere near 25..:)..Cooking is a source of happiness for me..Balancing health and taste is what I try to do always..Missing my mom's food and greens of my hometown...Living fully every moment of this life wid ma sweet heart,who is always my inspiration..:)